• @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    Unless you disk was encrypted, you could have booted up a live distro and back up the files you needed (or even overwrite the shadow file to get a new password)

    • @mvirts
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      121 year ago

      And maybe could still get them with testdisk 😁

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        I really did try so many forensic and recovery tools after remembering my password but with no luck 😂

        • @mvirts
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          21 year ago

          I’m glad you tried! Stories of needless data loss really get to me 😹

    • Frater Mus
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      41 year ago

      In the late 90s I taught an intro course for folks who wanted to run *nix boxen (Solaris, IIRC). On the afternoon of the last day I had them swap places after lunch and gain root access to each others’ machines. It was partly for root passwd recovery and other maintenance tasks, but also to demonstrate that physical access to the box was a serious issue.